All the Indonesian citizens were currently put under the supervision of the Indonesian embassy in Japan.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A total of 15 Indonesian citizens have been evacuated to Tokyo from Fukushima where a quake-hit nuclear power plant has spewed radioactive materials into the air, a minister said.
"I have received confirmation that 15 Indonesian citizens have been evacuated from Fukushima to Tokyo," Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said after accompanying Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono in seeing off an Indonesian humanitarian team to Japan on Thursday.
All the Indonesian citizens were currently put under the supervision of the Indonesian embassy in Japan, he said.
Asked if any of the Indonesian citizens had been affected by radiation, the minister said he had yet to receive a report about the matter.
He added however that all the Indonesian citizens had been taken to a hospital in Tokyo for medical checkups.
"We have not as yet received the latest report on the results of the medical checkups. What is certain is that all the 15 Indonesian citizens have been taken to the hospital for medical checkups according to the standing procedure," he said.
Marty said a total of 109 Indonesian nationals had been evacuated from Japan to Indonesia.
"Tonight 19 more Indonesian citizens will arrive home from Japan," he said.(*)
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